1. TWNIC mDNS Business Plan
Kenny Huang
TWNIC
JET Meeting, Beijing
28 August 2000

2. Outline
Business Model
Market
Operation

3. Business Model

4. What Problems Are We Solving
Lack of marketing and technology capability
S1: Initiate whole set of mDNS related projects,include TANet mDNS deployment project,mDNS research project, mDNS- project, Microsoft joint development project
Problem 2
System Interoperability
S2: CDNC mDNS Roaming Testbed, JET
Problem 3
Slow pace on system deployment, service delivery
S3: Creating new registrars. Privatization study

5. Regulatory Issues Primarily in Ensuring competition,
Protecting user interests, or
Controlling legal monopolies

6. Executive Strategy Phase 1 : Exploration
Launch multilingual domain name trial service (2Q 2000)
System development
Phase 2 : Production Management
Revise mDNS trial service
System Interoperability (Roaming model)
Production system feasibility study (include DRP)
Phase 3 : Production and Collaboration
new name space and registration policy
New registrars

7. Market

8. Demand For mTLD Registration
97276
88456
66922
33301
11744
Source : TWNIC

9. Operation

10. Facilities Hardware Software SUN Ultra 2 200Mhz CPU * 2 256Mb
hard disk: 3.3G
Network: fast ethernet
Software
OS: Solaris 2.6
web server: Netscape Enterprise 3.5
database: Oracle 7.3.4

11. Networks
Name systems have fully redundant internal networks from servers to border routers with 10/100Mbps switched Ethernet
Name systems are collocated on high reliable network POPs where direct peer with major tier1 ISPs

12. Operations Unix platform, 24x7 operation
Monitoring of site availability
Load sharing and caching architecture
Server configurations, back-end network and database integration
Daily incremental backup and full monthly off-site storage

13. Customer Service
Assigned technical team from RFP through installation, operation, and trouble handling, 24x7
On-site help-desk provide 8x5 customer inquiry service and trouble reporting
Real-time, Web-based customer reporting systems

14. Technology System Software Architecture Encoding Support Application
BIND revision
Architecture
Roaming model
DNS Forwarder
DNS gateway (code conversion)
Revised ZLD
Encoding Support
BIG5,GB,UTF8,UTF5,RACE(TBC)
Application

15. Multilingual Email System
System V1.0 :
OS : Linux 6.2
Software : ELM, MAIL (8-bit clean)
WEB Service Provided
Trial operation in TWNIC and Academia Sinica

16. Future Organization Structure
TWNIC
.TW
Registry
.COM
Registry
Other TLD
Registry
Affiliate
TLD
Registrar
Affiliate
Partnership
Partnership
Registrar
Registrar
Registrar
Registrar